Bothys field land at Holwell Court Farm Holwell Court Hatfield AL9 5RL Data via plota.co.uk

6/2026/0400/FULL - FULL PERMISSION Approved

Proposal

Erection of a hay store and a machinery store Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received

4 Mar 2026

✓

Validated

5 Mar 2026

✓

Approved

24 Jul 2026

Approved on 24 Jul 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 8 Sept 2026

Documents 21

Associated applications 2

Full24 Jul 20266/2026/0400/FULLThis application
Erection of a hay store and a machinery store
Conditions details submitted for 1, 2
- ConditionsSubmission of details pursuant to condition 1 (Biodiversity Net Gain Plan) and condition 2…11 Aug 20266/2026/1406/COND

Site constraints 4

Green belt: London

Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.

Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm.

Agricultural land, grade 3a

Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Predicted from the national soil map. A site survey can differ.

Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.

Also on the record

Priority habitat 0 m away: Deciduous woodland; 1 listed building within 150 m.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council: Welwyn Hatfield
Application type: FULL PERMISSION
Postcode: AL9 5RL
Received: 4 Mar 2026
Validated: 5 Mar 2026
Parish: Essendon
Case officer: Show
Decision: Granted
Decision date: 24 Jul 2026
Decision level: Delegated
Applicant: Show
Agent: DLA Town Planning Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 141 days from validation, 71 days slower than Welwyn Hatfield's median of 70 for full applications. Approved, as 75% of full applications here are.

This one141d

Council70d

UK56d

37%decided within 8 weeks

75%approved

80decided in the last year

Plota live figures for full applications decided by Welwyn Hatfield in the last twelve months, from validation. Welwyn Hatfield decision record →

Public comments

1comment received

3 neighbours consulted · Last counted 8 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Comments by: 2 May 2026

Historical activity at this location

1 nearby application on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2019 Approved

11 Holwell Court Hatfield AL9 5RL

Removal of two internal walls

6/2019/0747/LB 23 May 2019

Welwyn Hatfield

Planning Authority Score

2.1/10

Poor

#272 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

Welwyn Hatfield is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #224 out of 296. 50% of applications have the time limit extended, above the 41% national average. Householder applications are slightly less likely to be approved here (86%) than the national average (90%).

Slower than most councils

for householder decisions

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Welwyn Hatfield decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

86%

Overall approval rate

Below avg (87%) #200 of 296

86%

Householder approved

Below avg (90%) #246 of 296

53%

Decided in 8 weeks

Below avg (63%) #224 of 296

50%

Extended time limit

Above avg (41%) #229 of 296

84%

Minor dwellings approved

63 decided (1-9 homes)

83%

Major dwellings approved

12 decided (10+ homes)

73%

Change of use approved

22 decided

633

Total decisions

87 refused in the year to March 2026